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Reviewing the Latest Eastern Markets 
THE GENERAL MARKET 
SITUATION 
HER8CHEL H. JONES 
1 71 OR almost all farm products the wholesale 
market is still dull and prices lower than 
was generally expected. Returns have been 
discouraging to producers all through the 
month of December. Continued warm weather 
dampens the ardor of the optimist who looks 
forward with hope to the New Year. 
There is no doubt that the open weather has 
been a very large factor in making a dull market 
situation on food stuffs. People do not eat 
near as many apples, for example, in warm 
weather as they do in cold. The surplus of 
citrus fruits has hurt the apple market con¬ 
siderably. Both with apples and with eggs, 
however, the biggest single depressing factor 
is the heavy surplus of cold storage stocks. 
The open weather has also made it possible for 
producers to get to the local markets more 
easily with their common storage apples and 
in many sections, as in Connecticut, the farmers 
have’been disposing of local supplies of apples 
at comparatively good prices and have now 
practically cleaned out their common storage 
stocks. In this respect the warm weather has 
been an advantage. The general feeling among 
wholesale apple dealers is that the movement 
of this common storage stock early in the season 
has cleared the way for a better late winter and 
spring market for cold storage apples. 
At New York and other large distributing 
markets, the heavy supplies of boxed apples 
continue to keep prices for barreled apples at a 
low level. Chain stores and other large buyers 
are using boxed apples instead of barrels 
The following quotations represent sales 
in the New York wholesale market December 
27th, per bbl. A Grade 23drinch: BALDWINS, 
best, $4 to 4.50; fancy, $5; ordinary, $3.50 to 
3.75. BEN DAVIS, $2.50 to 3. GREEN¬ 
INGS, best, $5.50 to 5.75; fair stock, $5; 
ordinary, $4 to 4.50. KINGS $3.50 to 4. 
McINTOSH, best, $6.50 to 7; few, 7.25 to 
7.50; fancy, $ 8 ; ordinary, $5.50 to 6 . NORTH¬ 
ERN SPY, best, $5 to 5.50; fancy, $6 to 6.50; 
ordinary, $4 to 4.50. 
POTATOES FIRMER 
During the Christmas - New Year week the 
shippers and growers were so busy celebrating 
they had no time to market potatoes with the 
result that arrivals were light, the demand 
better and prices firmer. South Side Long 
Islands moved up to $ 1.20 bushel to the 
grower. North Side $1.15; 150-lb sacks $3.15 
to $3.25 f. o. b. loading point. 
States were not offered freely and prices 
ranged in carlots from $1.60 to $1.70 cwt de¬ 
livered; 150-lb sacks $2.40 to $2.50 delivered 
New York City rate points. 
Maines were offered in bulk, Boston diver¬ 
sion, $1.90 cwt. delivered Harlem; 150-lb 
sacks $3 New York City rate; $3.15 New Jersey 
near-by points. 
TURKEYS MOVE RAPIDLY 
Although turkeys were in excessive supply 
during Christmas week, the market continued 
firm, due to the unusually large consumption. 
The demand continued fairly active up to New 
Year for fresh-killed turkeys of good quality, 
but tHere was practically no demand for cold 
storage turkeys. Prices, however, could not 
advance because of the heavy receipts and the 
tendency on the part of receivers was to move 
turkeys out very freely, without holding for 
higher prices. The following were quotations 
on fresh-killed turkeys per lb., December 27th; 
Delaware and Maryland, fancy, 36 to 40c; 
fair to good, 33 to 35c; Virginia, fancy, 35 to 
38c; fair to good, 32 to 34c. Maryland and 
Virginia, poor 26 to 30c. Western, prime to 
fancy 33 to 36c; fair to good, 28 to 32c. South¬ 
ern and Southwestern, prime to fancy, 31 to 34c. 
Although the supply of live poultry was 
liberal the market on both fowls and chickens 
was firm and prices advanced 1 c. Fancy 
heavy stock was being placed at lc. premium. 
Broilers in small supply, find good demand. 
EGG MARKET MORE ACTIVE 
After the recent sharp decline in egg prices 
the trade became more active during the week 
following Christmas in both near-by and 
western eggs. There was a fair movement of 
cold storage eggs also and prices became firmer. 
There is some increase of shipments in 
transit and although this is not large, weather 
conditions in producing sections are generally 
favorable to a gradual increase in production. 
Near-by white eggs are cleaning up fairly well 
and values for good qualities are improving. 
ACTIVE TRADING IN BUTTER 
The tone of the butter market became firmer 
last week with an exceedingly good trade for 
Christmas. Most active trading was reported 
on top grades of fresh table butter, the supply 
of which is not very excessive. 
CHEESE MARKET CONTINUES QUIET 
In the early part of last week trading in 
cheese came almost to a standstill. A little 
more trading was reported later. Most sales 
of State flats ranged from 26c downward with 
a few small lots higher. The general opin¬ 
ion in the trade is that buying will be more 
active after the holidays. 
FANCY CALVES IN FAIR DEMAND 
Offerings of live calves last week were very 
light and demand was mostly for the better 
stock. Prime stock brought $15.50. 
Although country-dressed veal calves were 
in moderate supply; the market became firmer 
and prices advanced,about lc. lb. 
GOOD DEMAND FOR HAY 
Hay is moving out well to meet brisk demand 
with market firm on large bales and slightly 
less firm on small. Very good stock No. 1 
large bales brought $30, but most hay sold at 
around $22 to 25 last week. 
Large Tomato Pack Reported 
HE tomato pack this year is estimated by 
the United States Department of Agricul¬ 
ture at 13,159,000 cases of No. 3 cans. Cases 
of other sizes of cans are reduced to No. 3 
equivalent. This is the largest pack of tonj a 
toes ever made, except the pack of 17,OS5,00( 
eases of No. 3 cans in 1918. In 1922, the pad 
was 11,851,000 cases. In 1921, it was 4,594,Oft 
cases. The 1920 pack was 11,937,000 cases 
and the 1919 pack 11,014,000 cases. 
The value of the tomatoes used in the pad 
this year at canneries was $15,928,000; las 
year it was $14,757,000. Canners paid tomati 
growers $13.29 per ton this year and $12,5 
per ton last year. The yield of cannh 
tomatoes per acre was 4.2 tons, the lowes 
yield since 1919. About 283,900 acres wen 
devoted to the raising of tomatoes for canning 
Concrete Ice Cellar 
{Continued from page 11) 
It is very essential that proper drainage h 
provided from your cellar so that all the wati 
from the ice is carried away. 
If you build a wood wall around the ice closj 
to the concrete wall, it should be made of tight, 
fitting lumber and then covered with a'heayj 
building or roofing paper. Before the joists ari 
boarded up there should be placed strips o| 
wood of a width equal to the width of the joist 
between each joist and at intervals of two feet 
from the bottom of the basement to the top. 
These horizontal strips of wood will prevent 
air , current moving up and down between the 
joists.—F. G. B. _ 
Losses and Gains on the Farm 
in 1923 * 
{Continued from page 13) 
beef, allowing it to sell at a big discount belon 
a high grade product. Many range cattlemen 
were left hanging to the ropes by the blows ol 
deflation and conditions did not improve fast 
enough to rescue them. As they closed out, the 
sale of their breeding stock added to market 
receipts and to the depression in prices. Range 
cows and heifers which made up an unusually 
large percentage of arrivals in 1923, reflecting 
the liquidation of western herds, -sold at the 
lowest point in many years. 
Eventually, these events will mean greater 
scarcity in the vast cattle breeding and rearing 
grounds in the Southwest and beyond the 
Missouri and a more difficult time for the corn, 
belt feeder who must depend upon range cattle 
for raw material to fill his feedlot. How 
rapidly these changes will come about, it is 
difficult to say. Judging by the drastic liquida¬ 
tion of cows and heifers from the range in 1923, 
it is logical to believe that the turning point 
has been reached. 
Cooling Milk in Winter.—Just because the 
weather is cold is no guarantee that mill 
does not have to be cooled. A great quantity 
of milk is spoiled through insufficient cooling 
in winter. This is particularly true of the 
night’s milk, and is due largely to efforts of the 
dairyman to keep the milk from freezing. 
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Quotations From Eastern Markets 
The following are the prices at which farm products of special interest to eastern farmers 
sold on December 28: 
Eggs, Nearbys (cents per dozen) 
New Jersey hennery whites uncandled, extra?. 
Q).her hennery whites, extras . 
Extra firsts . 
Firsts ... 
Gathered, whites, first to extra firsts . 
Lower grades . 
Hennery browns, extras . 
Gathered browns and mixed colors, extras . . . 
Pullets No. 1 . 
New York 
56 to 58 
56 to 58 
52 to 54 
49 to 51 
49 to 53 
45 to 48 
52 to 54 
45 to 51 
40 to 45 
Buffalo Phila. 
48 to 50 47 
. 43 to 44 
Butter (cents per pound) 
Creamery (salted) high score .. 55 J4 to 56 
Extra (92 score) .-.. 
State dairy (salted), finest . 
Good to prime . 
55 
53 to 54 
48 to 52 
45 to 47 
58 to 59 
56 to 57 
52 to 53 
45 to 50 
56 
Hay and Straw, Large Bales (per ton) 
Timothy No. 2. 
Timothy No. 3. 
Timothy Sample.. 
Fancy light clover mixed. 
Alfialfa, second cutting. 
Oat Straw No. 1. 
u. s. 
$28 
25 
16 
30 
31 
16 
Grades 
to 29 
to 26 
to 19 
to 31 
to 32 
Old Grade Standards 
$17 to 18 $27.50 to 28 
. 24 to 25 
. . . ’ . . 27 to 27.50 
16 to 17 
Live Poultry, Express Lots (cents per lb.) 
Fowls, colored fancy, heavy. 
Fowls, leghorns and poor. . . 
Chickens, colored fancy.... 
Chickens, leghorn. 
Live Stock (cents per pound) 
Calves, good to medium. .. .’ . 
Bulls, common to good . _ 
Lambs, common to good. . U Yl 
Sheep, common to good ewes .I. 3 
Hog, Yorkers . 
27 
23 to 25 
23 to 25 
20 to 21 
17 to 20 
19 to 20 
24 to 28 
21 to 22 
22 
21 to 22 
17 to 19 
21 
12 to 14 
3'A to 4H 
UA to 13 
3 to 4 A, 
7M to 7H 
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